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Ram gave his trademark crooked smile his mind congratulating him for the mini triumph...his mind saying, Welcome to hell Priya...the countdown begins now ...
Priya tried to speak out but the words could not find her voice. Ram meanwhile moved ahead and was greeted by Mrs. Desai. Mr. Kapoor, what a pleasant surprise, if you had informed me earlier i would have.
Ram: Its ok Mrs. Desai. No formalities please. If you dont mind can i have a meeting with all my employees right now?
Mrs Desai: Ohh yes afcourse, would you like to meet the head of departments right away before we move on to the whole staff. I can introduce my core team to you.
Ram: That would be alright, saying that Ram walked off without even glancing back fully aware that Priya's eyes had not left him for even a moment. That's what he wanted, that was the reason he had returned.
Neha rushed over to where Priya stood. Priya...Priya...
Priya came out of her trance...Huh? What?
Neha: Nothing much we have a meeting right now with THE RAM KAPOOR, care to join us?
Priya: Neha...stop being so melodramatic. I did hear that. Please ask your super sonic brain to come up with a fool proof plan...I need one right now
Neha: Why are you over-reacting darling, this might just be a co-incidence. I am sure you stopped existing for him 5 yrs back. Its just
Priya : No neha, you should have seen those eyes. It told a different story.
Neha: What ever it is babes...maybe time has come to face the truth. Blast from the past, hey that rhymes. By the way which side of the bed did you get up today, the surprises dont seem to cease.
Priya: How i wish i hadnt got up and all this is a dream.
Neha: Tough luck woman. As of now lets get going you dont want to upset your new boss. I must confess, the charm is intact though, no doubts about it. You need to think again...
Priya: Yaa right, dont tempt me babes...
Both of them giggled but the nervousness could be felt.
The meeting room
Mrs.Desai: Mr. Kapoor, this is my core team. They are a bunch of hugely talented people, i can say the best in the industry. I could go on and
Ram: Mrs. Desai, i am sure these are the best but i would reserve my comment on their ability after i see their work. For now can we go on with the introduction please?
Mrs. Desai: Err..sure, I ll start with seniority.
Mr. Balkrishnan- Head of accounts
Mr. Jeevan- Admin head
Ms Roopali- HR Head
Mr, Naveen- Website and media head
Mr. Ashwin- Client and project co-ordinator
Ms Neha - Designing and interior in charge
and my star performer, Ms Priya Sharma- Chief Architect - Designing and interior
Ram starred hard at Priya who pretended to be busy looking at the printouts in front of her. Star performer...he thought to himself...lets see if the star withers or withstands this onslaught.
Ram: thank you Mrs. Desai. That would be all. I guess you can take your leave.
Mrs. Desai was taken aback as she hadn't anticipated that Ram would want to head the operations so soon. Yeah, no issues Mr. Kapoor i would just clean up my desk and leave. All the best to you and to all you guys.
Priya felt a stab of uneasiness spread through her. Mrs. Desai had been her mentor right from day 1. She had learned all the tricks of the trade from her. How she wished she could stop her. She silently wished her luck.
As soon as Mrs. Desai left the room, a hush mounted over. 6 pairs of eyes were eagerly looking at Ram...trying to gauge what he was going to say. One pair was looking everywhere except Ram.
Ram: Good morning all. I know many of you may have all sorts of questions to fire at me. Getting into construction is a huge step for Kapoor industries and since i wanted an inhouse architectural firm, i have bought over the company. I promise you that we will grow to new heights but for that i need your absolute support, dedication and hardwork. There will be no constraint in rewards for efforts.
All the people present latched on to every word spoken like first year students, eager to impress their professor. Priya was getting increasingly restless by the minute. She started fidgeting with the pen.
Ram smiled to himself...time to give a minor jolt.
Ram: Ms Sharma
The pen flew from Priya's hand. The deep husky voice still had the same effect on her. Fully embarrassed with flushed cheeks she looked at Ram.
Ram was enjoying her discomfort. Ms. Sharma, if you be kind enough to introduce your team and the work they handle?
Priya: Err...no...i mean yes its kind of
Neha again had to step in to save her friend. Mr. Kapoor, Ms Sharma is suffering a severe bout of migraine. If you can allow me to do the intro's?
Ram looked hard at Neha knowing fully well that she was saving her friend. He looked towards Priya who was silently thanking her stars for having Neha as her friend. Not wanting to create fodder for the gossip mills, Ram gave Neha the nod.
Neha finished the introductions, while each of the unit heads did the same. After that Ram asked the HR head to stay and motioned the others to leave.
Ram: Ms Sharma, i need the updates on all the current projects that we are doing. I hope you would be able to give it to me by the end of day if it not too much strain on your migraine.
Priya again cringed at the taunt but she held herself back. Sure, Mr. Kapoor, the files would be on your table.
After everyone had left Ram instructed the HR head to get him the files on all the personnel.
Roopali promptly handed over the files.
Ram sat in a makeshift cabin till his cabin was made. He loosened his tie and rolled back the sleeves of his shirt. He took out the file of utmost interest to him. The file of Ms. Priya Sharma...Destiny had given him a chance, an opening to end the trauma, the agony which had burned him for 5 yrs. Ram sat back in his chair and closed his eyes.
Priya was fuming and pacing about in her cabin.
How dare he? Why was he putting her in such situations. She needed to find out what was going on? But first she had to abide by his highness's order. Get all the project files...
Priya sat down to open her laptop. No sooner had her mail started she saw an email from Kartik, her brother who had been in london for the past 4 yrs. It read urgent...
Priya skimmed through the mail and sat there shell shocked...Today really seemed her red letter day...the way things were being hurled at her at the speed of a torpedo, not giving her time of understand any thing. She looked at her photo on the table, the caption read" Gods favorite Child... Yeah right... Priya too closed her eyes trying to absorb much of what happened in half a day...
To be Continued
Ram Kapoor stood there in all his glory with his team looking Priya in the eye. Priya just stood there her mind ordering her feet to run away but her feet and eyes transfixed to the spot.
Priya tried to speak out but the words could not find her voice. Ram meanwhile moved ahead and was greeted by Mrs. Desai. Mr. Kapoor, what a pleasant surprise, if you had informed me earlier i would have.
Ram: Its ok Mrs. Desai. No formalities please. If you dont mind can i have a meeting with all my employees right now?
Mrs Desai: Ohh yes afcourse, would you like to meet the head of departments right away before we move on to the whole staff. I can introduce my core team to you.
Ram: That would be alright, saying that Ram walked off without even glancing back fully aware that Priya's eyes had not left him for even a moment. That's what he wanted, that was the reason he had returned.
Neha rushed over to where Priya stood. Priya...Priya...
Priya came out of her trance...Huh? What?
Neha: Nothing much we have a meeting right now with THE RAM KAPOOR, care to join us?
Priya: Neha...stop being so melodramatic. I did hear that. Please ask your super sonic brain to come up with a fool proof plan...I need one right now
Neha: Why are you over-reacting darling, this might just be a co-incidence. I am sure you stopped existing for him 5 yrs back. Its just
Priya : No neha, you should have seen those eyes. It told a different story.
Neha: What ever it is babes...maybe time has come to face the truth. Blast from the past, hey that rhymes. By the way which side of the bed did you get up today, the surprises dont seem to cease.
Priya: How i wish i hadnt got up and all this is a dream.
Neha: Tough luck woman. As of now lets get going you dont want to upset your new boss. I must confess, the charm is intact though, no doubts about it. You need to think again...
Priya: Yaa right, dont tempt me babes...
Both of them giggled but the nervousness could be felt.
The meeting room
Mrs.Desai: Mr. Kapoor, this is my core team. They are a bunch of hugely talented people, i can say the best in the industry. I could go on and
Ram: Mrs. Desai, i am sure these are the best but i would reserve my comment on their ability after i see their work. For now can we go on with the introduction please?
Mrs. Desai: Err..sure, I ll start with seniority.
Mr. Balkrishnan- Head of accounts
Mr. Jeevan- Admin head
Ms Roopali- HR Head
Mr, Naveen- Website and media head
Mr. Ashwin- Client and project co-ordinator
Ms Neha - Designing and interior in charge
and my star performer, Ms Priya Sharma- Chief Architect - Designing and interior
Ram starred hard at Priya who pretended to be busy looking at the printouts in front of her. Star performer...he thought to himself...lets see if the star withers or withstands this onslaught.
Ram: thank you Mrs. Desai. That would be all. I guess you can take your leave.
Mrs. Desai was taken aback as she hadn't anticipated that Ram would want to head the operations so soon. Yeah, no issues Mr. Kapoor i would just clean up my desk and leave. All the best to you and to all you guys.
Priya felt a stab of uneasiness spread through her. Mrs. Desai had been her mentor right from day 1. She had learned all the tricks of the trade from her. How she wished she could stop her. She silently wished her luck.
As soon as Mrs. Desai left the room, a hush mounted over. 6 pairs of eyes were eagerly looking at Ram...trying to gauge what he was going to say. One pair was looking everywhere except Ram.
Ram: Good morning all. I know many of you may have all sorts of questions to fire at me. Getting into construction is a huge step for Kapoor industries and since i wanted an inhouse architectural firm, i have bought over the company. I promise you that we will grow to new heights but for that i need your absolute support, dedication and hardwork. There will be no constraint in rewards for efforts.
All the people present latched on to every word spoken like first year students, eager to impress their professor. Priya was getting increasingly restless by the minute. She started fidgeting with the pen.
Ram smiled to himself...time to give a minor jolt.
Ram: Ms Sharma
The pen flew from Priya's hand. The deep husky voice still had the same effect on her. Fully embarrassed with flushed cheeks she looked at Ram.
Ram was enjoying her discomfort. Ms. Sharma, if you be kind enough to introduce your team and the work they handle?
Priya: Err...no...i mean yes its kind of
Neha again had to step in to save her friend. Mr. Kapoor, Ms Sharma is suffering a severe bout of migraine. If you can allow me to do the intro's?
Ram looked hard at Neha knowing fully well that she was saving her friend. He looked towards Priya who was silently thanking her stars for having Neha as her friend. Not wanting to create fodder for the gossip mills, Ram gave Neha the nod.
Neha finished the introductions, while each of the unit heads did the same. After that Ram asked the HR head to stay and motioned the others to leave.
Ram: Ms Sharma, i need the updates on all the current projects that we are doing. I hope you would be able to give it to me by the end of day if it not too much strain on your migraine.
Priya again cringed at the taunt but she held herself back. Sure, Mr. Kapoor, the files would be on your table.
After everyone had left Ram instructed the HR head to get him the files on all the personnel.
Roopali promptly handed over the files.
Ram sat in a makeshift cabin till his cabin was made. He loosened his tie and rolled back the sleeves of his shirt. He took out the file of utmost interest to him. The file of Ms. Priya Sharma...Destiny had given him a chance, an opening to end the trauma, the agony which had burned him for 5 yrs. Ram sat back in his chair and closed his eyes.
Priya was fuming and pacing about in her cabin.
How dare he? Why was he putting her in such situations. She needed to find out what was going on? But first she had to abide by his highness's order. Get all the project files...
Priya sat down to open her laptop. No sooner had her mail started she saw an email from Kartik, her brother who had been in london for the past 4 yrs. It read urgent...
Priya skimmed through the mail and sat there shell shocked...Today really seemed her red letter day...the way things were being hurled at her at the speed of a torpedo, not giving her time of understand any thing. She looked at her photo on the table, the caption read" Gods favorite Child... Yeah right... Priya too closed her eyes trying to absorb much of what happened in half a day...
To be Continued
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